The OKK Bike Revolution in Chur staged the first real international challenge between the big names in Cross Country: the live broadcast was staged by Red Bull TV which continues to follow the world of Cross Country.
REVIEW LIVE
Great to see how Red Bull TV is supporting international events outside the World Cup - this will bring a lot of exposure to the mountain bike world. In the men's field, many leading players such as Mathias Fluckiger, Nino Schurter and Tom Pidcock.
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The men's event was very fast and full of twists and turns: Vlad Dascalu showed excellent condition in the first half of the race but he dropped as the race progressed. Nino Schurter he proved to be there by always running in the top positions even if he was surprised by the tense attack of Tom Pidcock and Mathias Fluckiger, the 2 athletes most on the ball in this race.
The Briton and the Swiss staged a fight to the death during the last lap with Tom Pidcock authoring a crazy rev on the last climb that left Fluckiger in place. Nino Schurter, who were running at home, finished in 3rd place.
LAST LAP VIDEO
WOMEN RACE
In the women's race Evie Richards has definitively returned: the British left a formidable opponent like Pauline Ferrand-Prevot in place, proving that she is back at the level of 2021, the year in which she won the world championship. The Brit has shown that she has overcome last year's back problems.
The fight for the rest of the podium was closely fought with Sina Frei grabbing 3rd place ahead of Alessandra Keller, Laura Stigger, Anne Terpstra and Jolanda Neff.
MEN'S ELITE RANKING
| 1 | PIDCOCK Thomas |  | INEOS GRENADIERS | 1:21:31,0 |
| 2 | FLÜCKIGER Mathias |  | THÖMUS MAXON | 1:21:39,9 |
| 3 | SCHURTER Nino | | SCOTT-SRAM MTB RACING TEAM | 1:22:17,8 |
| 4 | SARROU Jordan |  | TEAM BMC | 1:22:21,7 |
| 5 | GUERRINI Marcel | | BIXS PERFORMANCE RACE TEAM | 1:22:21,9 |
| 6 | ALBIN Vital | | THÖMUS MAXON | 1:22:22,0 |
| 7 | ROTH Joel | | BIXS PERFORMANCE RACE TEAM | 1:22:32,3 |
| 8 | WALTER Simon | | 1:22:38,4 | |
| 9 | FORSTER Lars | | THÖMUS MAXON | 1:22:45,9 |
| 10 | DASCALU Vlad |  | TREK FACTORY RACING | 1:23:11,6 |
FEMALE ELITE RANKING
| 1 | RICHARDS Evie | | TREK FACTORY RACING | 1:24:41,6 |
| 2 | FERRAND PREVOT Pauline | | INEOS GRENADIERS | 1:26:26,9 |
| 3 | FREI Sina | | SPECIALIZED FACTORY RACING | 1:26:26,9 |
| 4 | KELLER Alexandra | | THÖMUS MAXON | 1:26:34,8 |
| 5 | STIGGER Laura |  | SPECIALIZED FACTORY RACING | 1:26:39,6 |
| 6 | TERPSTRA Anne |  | GHOST FACTORY RACING | 1:26:39,6 |
| 7 | NEFF Jolanda | | TREK FACTORY RACING | 1:27:12,5 |
| 8 | BATTEN Haley |  | SPECIALIZED FACTORY RACING | 1:27:38,6 |
| 9 | COURTNEY Kate | | SCOTT-SRAM MTB RACING TEAM | 1:28:31,2 |
| 10 | KOLLER Nicole | | GHOST FACTORY RACING | 1:28:39,8 |
